David Agranoff
@davidagranoff.bsky.social
Author of the Wonderland award nominated The Last Night to Kill Nazis. Postcards from a Dying World & Co-Host of the Dickheads podcasts about Philip K Dick and Sci Fi history. Columnist for Amazing Stories. Writes SF, Horror, and Bizarro. Vegan SxE
Besides the obvious lapse of judgement by a government official to at least use the sink...I am now interested in following the posts of the poop science guy.
As the author of a book about the science of 💩, I’d just like to say that snorting cocaine off 🚽 seats is a great way to get a preventable disease 🦠 (not to mention the danger of addiction & overdose).
As a trained microbiologist, yes, I think a healthy fear of germs is actually a *good* thing. 🧪
As a trained microbiologist, yes, I think a healthy fear of germs is actually a *good* thing. 🧪
February 16, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Besides the obvious lapse of judgement by a government official to at least use the sink...I am now interested in following the posts of the poop science guy.
Upcoming PKD Hangouts...Weekly lectures and hangouts for Philip K. Dick and SF fans. Really cool stuff coming up...
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PKD Hangouts Tuesday nights(9 PM EST/ 6 PM PST )on Zoom. This week we are talking about urban decay in the Blade Runner universe! 2/17 Robert Yeates on Urban decay in the transmedia universe of...
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February 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Upcoming PKD Hangouts...Weekly lectures and hangouts for Philip K. Dick and SF fans. Really cool stuff coming up...
Little behind on Book reviews. How about a super bizarro Japanese science fiction novel about a predication machine, Transhuman animal hybrids lots questions about what is real. Kobo Abe's Inter Ice Age 4.
Book Review: Inter Ice Age 4 by Kobo Abe
Inter Ice Age 4 228 pages, Hardcover First published January 1, 1959 I have a couple of intense interests that collide here. First of al...
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February 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Little behind on Book reviews. How about a super bizarro Japanese science fiction novel about a predication machine, Transhuman animal hybrids lots questions about what is real. Kobo Abe's Inter Ice Age 4.
Celebrate 100 years of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction at Artifact Books in Encinitas Saturday, April 18th 3 PM.
David Brin, Gideon Marcus, Cody Goodfellow and more TBA.
David Brin, Gideon Marcus, Cody Goodfellow and more TBA.
Celebrate 100 years of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction at Artifact Books in Enchinitas!
Event in Encinitas, CA by David Agranoff on Saturday, April 18 2026
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February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Celebrate 100 years of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction at Artifact Books in Encinitas Saturday, April 18th 3 PM.
David Brin, Gideon Marcus, Cody Goodfellow and more TBA.
David Brin, Gideon Marcus, Cody Goodfellow and more TBA.
Celebrate 100 years of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction at
Verbatim Books in San Diego, Friday, April 10th 7 PM. @pfracassi.bsky.social , Shelly Streetby, Jac Jemc of Clarion and Author KC Grifant. More TBA...
Verbatim Books in San Diego, Friday, April 10th 7 PM. @pfracassi.bsky.social , Shelly Streetby, Jac Jemc of Clarion and Author KC Grifant. More TBA...
Celebrate 100 years of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction at Verbatim Books
Event in San Diego, CA by David Agranoff on Friday, April 10 2026
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February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Celebrate 100 years of Amazing Stories and Science Fiction at
Verbatim Books in San Diego, Friday, April 10th 7 PM. @pfracassi.bsky.social , Shelly Streetby, Jac Jemc of Clarion and Author KC Grifant. More TBA...
Verbatim Books in San Diego, Friday, April 10th 7 PM. @pfracassi.bsky.social , Shelly Streetby, Jac Jemc of Clarion and Author KC Grifant. More TBA...
looking for movies from the grand old days when we agreed the Nazis were the bad guys? Two fantastic scenes that carried the rest of the movie, but yeah I dug it.
A ★★★★ review of The Passage (1979)
I love old school WW II movies. From the director of Cape Fear and Guns of Navarone, this movie has some low lows but it has a great final act with excellent Nazi killing. This has a huge cast, Malcol...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
looking for movies from the grand old days when we agreed the Nazis were the bad guys? Two fantastic scenes that carried the rest of the movie, but yeah I dug it.
This is not a movie you enjoy, you endure it. More nerve-wracking than a horror movie, and at times it felt like a Babbadook sequel.
A ★★★★★ review of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
This is a great movie, and a horrible experience. At times it feels like a sequel to the Babbdook, more harrowing and anxiety-inducing than most horror movies. The last thing I saw Rose Bryne in she w...
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February 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is not a movie you enjoy, you endure it. More nerve-wracking than a horror movie, and at times it felt like a Babbadook sequel.
Big news!!! Next book title reveal...
Sim-Cop and the Haunted City* by David Agranoff (Pink Beam Press) a new imprint of @quoir
Sim-Cop and the Haunted City* by David Agranoff (Pink Beam Press) a new imprint of @quoir
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Big news!!! Next book title reveal...
Sim-Cop and the Haunted City* by David Agranoff (Pink Beam Press) a new imprint of @quoir
Sim-Cop and the Haunted City* by David Agranoff (Pink Beam Press) a new imprint of @quoir
I still found 80% of this week's Starfleet Academy to be cringey, unfunny comedy, but the closing moments were emotionally powerful and a wonderful tribute to one of Trek's greatest characters.
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I still found 80% of this week's Starfleet Academy to be cringey, unfunny comedy, but the closing moments were emotionally powerful and a wonderful tribute to one of Trek's greatest characters.
New podcast is live! I this episode of the SF Hall of Fame series John Baltisberger and Cora Buhlert join me to talk about CM Kornbluth's 1950 classic The Little Black Bag.
Episode 194 SF Hall of Fame #15: The Little Black Bag by C.M. Kornbluth W/ Cora Buhlert and John Baltisberger.
Podcast Episode · Postcards from a Dying World · 02/02/2026 · 1h 42m
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February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New podcast is live! I this episode of the SF Hall of Fame series John Baltisberger and Cora Buhlert join me to talk about CM Kornbluth's 1950 classic The Little Black Bag.
A crime suspense movie where the action and mystery is driven entirely by dialogue and performance. Greed and who can you trust? Lots little narrative tricks I love, but total spoilers.
A ★★★★★ review of The Rip (2026)
Wow This movie is pretty much designed for me. A crime suspense movie where the action and mystery is driven entirely by dialogue and performance. Lots of twists and turns greed. Don't sleep on this o...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
A crime suspense movie where the action and mystery is driven entirely by dialogue and performance. Greed and who can you trust? Lots little narrative tricks I love, but total spoilers.
Epic
Cheap 70s kung fu film I watched as a student that was apparently dubbed by a bunch of blokes from Peckham. A student berates his martial arts master for wasting his time like this:
"I been 'ere ten years and wot you taught me? Not a sausage."
"I been 'ere ten years and wot you taught me? Not a sausage."
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Epic
@clashbooks.bsky.social ANTiFA vampire vs A mummy revived by the Nazis. Let’s go…
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 PM
@clashbooks.bsky.social ANTiFA vampire vs A mummy revived by the Nazis. Let’s go…
The 4th Philip K. Dick Festival is coming. Submit a paper! Write a short story, Adapt a story for screenplay, join the community and explore Reality! Guests of honor Brian Evenson, Tim Powers, and Sarah Langan!
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The 4th Philip K. Dick Festival is coming. Submit a paper! Write a short story, Adapt a story for screenplay, join the community and explore Reality! Guests of honor Brian Evenson, Tim Powers, and Sarah Langan!
This tear-jerker set in Japan is very well acted and directed. Big Thumbs up.
A ★★★★★ review of Rental Family (2025)
I really just want to go to Japan and ride trains. This movie will only add to that desire. Tear-jerker about An American actor who gets a gig being a fake dad, Brendan Fraizer is quite good in this. ...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:16 AM
This tear-jerker set in Japan is very well acted and directed. Big Thumbs up.
I needed a film where bad guys get got. This John Wick Spin-off fits into the third film timeline wise. IF you like ridiculous the flamethrower battle was worth effort, sorry I missed it on the big screen.
A ★★★★ review of Ballerina (2025)
This was a good John Wick spin-off set during the events of the third picture showing they had more of a plan in that film that it seemed. Ana De Armes did what she needed to do here. The real heroes ...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I needed a film where bad guys get got. This John Wick Spin-off fits into the third film timeline wise. IF you like ridiculous the flamethrower battle was worth effort, sorry I missed it on the big screen.
What do we elect people for if not to defend us at this time.
Federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this morning. He was a 37-year-old ICU nurse who spent his career keeping people alive — including at the VA.
Call your senators & call Schumer. Vote NO on DHS funding. 🧵
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Call your senators & call Schumer. Vote NO on DHS funding. 🧵
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January 25, 2026 at 2:40 AM
What do we elect people for if not to defend us at this time.
Thank you! There is nothing subjective here this is a federal execution on the street.
Why do media companies print obvious lies from the propagandists in the Trump admin as if that is the “other side” of the story when you have objective, irrefutable evidence to disprove it? Traditional norms/practices don’t work with this regime. Why do you spread their lies?
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Thank you! There is nothing subjective here this is a federal execution on the street.
It seems weird posting a review for a movie that made me smile last night, when our government is executing nurses in the street. but my boy Issa was right this is a fun movie. might help to stop doom scrolling.
A ★★★★ review of Good Fortune (2025)
Really enjoyed this comedy that is wrapped a pretty heavy handed message. I enjoyed the sarcastic tone. Reeves really carried the movie for me.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:33 AM
It seems weird posting a review for a movie that made me smile last night, when our government is executing nurses in the street. but my boy Issa was right this is a fun movie. might help to stop doom scrolling.
heartbreaking...make the liars pay for this
For those who haven’t seen it yet, a heartbreaking statement from the victim’s parents.
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
heartbreaking...make the liars pay for this
Reposted by David Agranoff
Minnesota State officials (BCA) had a SIGNED warrant from an independent judge to investigate the shooting. DHS DENIED them access to the scene and said they would investigate themselves.
This is unconstitutional and any conclusion DHS comes to can’t be trusted.
This is unconstitutional and any conclusion DHS comes to can’t be trusted.
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans says his team arrived on the scene of the shooting to conduct an independent investigation and "were blocked by federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security."
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Minnesota State officials (BCA) had a SIGNED warrant from an independent judge to investigate the shooting. DHS DENIED them access to the scene and said they would investigate themselves.
This is unconstitutional and any conclusion DHS comes to can’t be trusted.
This is unconstitutional and any conclusion DHS comes to can’t be trusted.
Reposted by David Agranoff
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
My first read of the year - a fantastic start. This novel, set on Mars is almost more of a tribute to Charles Portis than to Ray Bradbury, but those looking for loving tribute to Westerns or Golden age sci-fi start here!
Book Review: The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud
The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud 304 pages, Hardcover Published March 2023 by S&S/Saga Press The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud The firs...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:07 AM
My first read of the year - a fantastic start. This novel, set on Mars is almost more of a tribute to Charles Portis than to Ray Bradbury, but those looking for loving tribute to Westerns or Golden age sci-fi start here!
Last read of 25, first review up. Bangkok Wakes to Rain is a Cli-fi Southeast Asian SF novel that mirrors Cloud Atlas in structure. The City is a character in this thrilling debut.
Book Review: Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad 368 pages, Hardcover Published 2019 by Riverhead Books One of the best books I read this...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Last read of 25, first review up. Bangkok Wakes to Rain is a Cli-fi Southeast Asian SF novel that mirrors Cloud Atlas in structure. The City is a character in this thrilling debut.
Set course for the endzone maximum warp, engage!
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Set course for the endzone maximum warp, engage!